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supporting and enriching the curriculum according to adopted guidelines and
reasonable selection criteria (taking into account the varied instructional needs,
learning styles, abilities, and developmental levels of the students who would be
exposed to them), access to the Internet, because it serves as a gateway to any
publicly available file server in the world, will open classrooms and students to
electronic information resources that have not been screened by educators for use
by students of various ages.

Pursuant to Federal law, the Board has implemented technology protection
measures, which protect against (e.g. filter or block) access to visual
displays/depictions/materials that are obscene, constitute child pornography,
and/or are harmful to minors, as defined by the Children’s Internet Protection Act.
At the discretion of the Board or the Superintendent, the technology protection
measures may be configured to protect against access to other material considered
inappropriate for students to access. The Board also utilizes software and/or
hardware to monitor online activity of students to restrict access to child
pornography and other material that is obscene, objectionable, inappropriate and/or
harmful to minors. The technology protection measures may not be disabled at any
time that students may be using the Network, if such disabling will cease to protect
against access to materials that are prohibited under the Children’s Internet
Protection Act. Any student who attempts to disable the technology protection
measures will be subject to discipline.

The Superintendent may temporarily or permanently unblock access to sites
containing appropriate material, if access to such sites has been inappropriately
blocked by the technology protection measures. The determination of whether
material is appropriate or inappropriate shall be based on the content of the
material and the intended use of the material, not on the protection actions of the
technology protection measures.

Parents are advised that a determined user may be able to gain access to services
and/or resources on the Internet that the Board has not authorized for educational
purposes. In fact, it is impossible to guarantee students will not gain access
through the Internet to information and communications that they and/or their
parents may find inappropriate, offensive, objectionable or controversial. Parents
assume risks by consenting to allow their child to participate in the use of the
Internet. Parents of minors are responsible for setting and conveying the standards
that their children should follow when using the Internet. The Board supports and
respects each family's right to decide whether to apply for independent student
access to the Internet.

Pursuant to Federal law, students shall receive education about the following:

A. safety and security while using e-mail, chat rooms, social media,
and other forms of direct electronic communications

B. the dangers inherent with the online disclosure of personally
identifiable information

C. the consequences of unauthorized access (e.g., "hacking")

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